Does anyone else find WSO's new embedded ads distracting?
The ones that highlight random words in bright green with two underlines, then if you accidentally mouse over them, they advertise payday loans and other crap you would never want? They REALLY bug me. What do you all think?
I think Patrick needs to make his money...so good for him. It's a bit distracting but no more so than that Lincoln ad that shows up at the top of the page every now and then and drops down if you mouse over it. All good though.
IMO, it gives the site a really cheap skeezy feel. I'd be turned off if I were a new user.
I was going to create a new thread on it last night, but its very annoying. Side and Top banners, I can live with because I can still read the content. Now it 's just painful.
haha yeah i was a bit annoyed myself but here you go (they appear quite randomly)
I haven't seen any ads on the website, could someone link me to an example? Or maybe the ads are just getting filtered by the ad-block firefox plugin I use.
I don't see any ads either, also use Firefox.
i think theyre referring to the underlined keywords and their associated ads
Agreed guys. I spoke with Patrick about it this morning - it's something one of his ad partners added without permission. I believe he's working on getting the in-line ads disabled as we speak.
Is there a similar ad-block for Chrome? I've been using this site for an embarrassingly long time (~5 years off and on) and this is the most annoying thing it's done in that time.
sorry guys, I have no idea why these links are showing up. I also agree they are very annoying and they will be removed once I figure out why they started showing up in the first place...
Although, some of the associations are fun. The best is "mouse" in my original post. "All About Bats and Wildlife Inc.! We specialize in the humane removal of wildlife!"
Just saw a mining add show up under "5 hours 20 min ago" since last post for 'min'
the word seen links to "Find hot Blind Dates!"
Put this on the frontpage ASAP
The randomness of the ads reminds me of the weekend I spent in Marrakesh. Dudes walking up to you offering the weirdest shit you never would have thought to ask for.
Let's just be grateful no one wrote key words like two girls one banker or Mexican donkey show (that last one does come up a lot at my BB).
Keep it clean people!
I don't see any adds... I use adblock plus for chrome, if that helps.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddil…
[quote=Nachos]I don't see any adds... I use adblock plus for chrome, if that helps.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddil…]
Thanks you very much. It works perfectly.
+1
Silver lining ftw!
WTF is with the Holiday Special: 50% Off Mock Interviews - Email WallStreetOasis.com>[email protected] Learn MoreThe HelloBar - a little bar that gets noticed!Close ad in the header of the site. I use adblock yet this annoying thing keeps popping up every single time.
Who misses Darden guy?
Me
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